Blogging never dies! For over 17 years, Southern Fried Science has been writing about the oceans from the perspective of working scientists and policy experts. Along the way, we’ve seen hundreds of great ocean blogs come and go, coalesce and expand, move and change and evolve. Some of you are now podcasters. Others are going all-in on TikTok. Some have stopped blogging. Some run small lab blogs. Some of you are now Pulitzer-winning science journalists.
Years ago, were used to do blog carnivals: massive link collections highlighting the best from across the ocean blogosphere. It built community and helped us find each other. We need those back, so I’m lighting the beacon of Amon Dîn and sending a call out to all ocean bloggers, whatever that means to you.
The comments are open. Tell us where you are and what you’re writing. Let’s get the old blogosphere back together.
I used to do The Cephalopodcast. 18 years ago. Now I’m microblogging.
Technology. Ocean. Education. All.
https://technotional.micro.blog/
Jason Robertshaw’s recollections and musings from a semi-amphibious childhood.
https://technotional.micro.blog/about/
Hey! I post a lot of random stuff that often ends up being more about trying to remember coding things I’ve figured out over the course of my research (and hopefully help others!), but happy to have you link to it!
clarkrichards.org
MarineBio here. Based in Houston, I blog at https://www.marinebio.org/news/ mostly about important marine conservation news (!) and cool ocean science… since ’98.
Hey everyone,
I send out a free fortnightly newsletter with ocean stories curated from a marine biologist’s perspective. It’s a mix of things I find interesting, hopeful, or just really cool — and I skip the doom and the headlines you’ve probably already seen.
The idea is to share solutions, ideas, and inspiration for anyone who cares about the ocean — whether you work in the field or just love it.
Here’s the latest one if you want to take a look:
https://us17.campaign-archive.com/?u=da8067d139a95f11dd705ae04&id=fe88b0049a
Would love to check out what others are writing too — always keen to find more ocean voices out there.
I have the How to Protect the Ocean and the Beyond Jaws podcasts. Not sure if those count.
https://www.speakupforblue.com/podcast
https://www.speakupforblue.com/beyondjaws
Aw heck yes! I love that you’re lighting the beacons and getting the blogosphere back together. I’d be glad to help in whatever fashion I can.
My monthly newsletter, The OctoPost, rounds up cephalopod news: https://buttondown.com/dannastaaf/archive/
And I write books! https://www.dannastaaf.com/p/squid-empire.html
I blog on sea surface temperature, marine heatwaves and other ocean-related things as well as climate and science more generally. I miss the old blogosphere.
https://diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/
I host a livestream about shark biodiversity and conservation on YouTube where each episode is devoted to a single species (we’re currently at 112 sharks)! The community is small but awesome, and we have active engagement with shark-lovers from the US, Canada, Indonesia and the Netherlands (everyone is super-welcoming and passionate about shark conservation). The channel is called “Dr. Jaws” and the livestreams are every Monday at 9:00pm EST.
I run the science communication project SharkSpeak – making complicated shark science accessible to everyone.
We are on Facebook, Insta (sharkspeaksophie) and have a website with many articles and infographics at http://www.sophiemaycocksharkspeak.con
I work for a robotic float program that has a blog on our various ocean expeditions to deploy the floats
https://www.go-bgc.org/expedition-logs
Ship riders and bloggers are often graduate students, but there’s also undergrads, technicians, postdocs, and research scientists who participate. It covers all aspects of a research cruise, not just the float deployments.
Hi there. I write a weekly newsletter, with lots of commentary, called ‘Our Life Aquatic’ – it’s part of a project, The Ocean Advocate. It’s ocean literacy and education in action, designed to have something for everyone, from the general public through to marine scientists. And there’s a game
While I’m based in South Africa, it carries news and research from around the globe.
The newsletters can be accessed here:
https://www.theoceanadvocate.com/newsletters.html
Or: https://mailchi.mp/theoceanadvocate.com/our-life-aquatic-newsletter-from-the-ocean-advocate-9095522
My blogging journey began in 2006 (fuck I’m old) with a simple goal: to share the work being done in coral reef conservation through my personal ocean blog. Over 800 posts later, I was honored to be invited to become a contributing writer for Deep Sea News, helping bring ocean science and conservation to a broader audience. A variety of health issues knocked me down for a while, but I’m now developing a new chapter in my ocean science and conservation outreach in the SF Bay Area by launching Ocean Hoptimism — a free monthly community initiative that combines three of my passions: ocean optimism, craft beer, and bringing people together to share inspiring stories. I’m kicking off the project during National Ocean Month in June 2025.
I guess you could call this journey “From Reef Posts To Raising Toasts.”
Check out Ocean Hoptimism to learn more— or maybe consider being a guest speaker at an upcoming event!
https://www.oceanhoptimism.org/bayarea